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@Dibble
To explain mine
Henry Maudsley 1771-1831 “a founding father of machine tool technology “ according to Wikipedia was an amazing engineer who just got stuff to work.
He made the first useful screw cutting lathe which allowed thread forms to be standardised, before this nuts and bolts were made as a pair and weren’t interchangeable.
He got the Hydraulic press to work leading to your brakes today.
Needing to measure accurately he developed smooth flat surfaces and a micrometer that could measure to 0.0001”.
Other inventors got the credit for their pick proof locks or tunnelling shields but Maudslay actually worked out how to make them.
His workshop was on the site of Lambeth North Tube.